Mechanism for simultaneously sewing to a hat its band and lining



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F. HAMILTON. MECHANISM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY SEWING T0 AHAT ITS BAND ANDLINING.

PatentedJuneB, 1884.

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J. I. HAMILTON. MECHANISM FOR $IMULTANEOUSLY SEWING. TO A HAT ITS BANDAND'LINING. No. 299,780. Patented June a, 18-84.

IIII I WITNESSES; INVENTOR I A; BY W I Q/MMM M ATTORNEY N4 PETERS.Phom-Lnhngnphar. Wlshi nnnnnn a UNITED STATES PA rEN'r GFF CE.

JOHN FISHER HAMILTON, ,OF

MEDFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

MECHANISM FOR SIMULTANEOU SLY SEWING TO A HAT ITS BAND AND LlNlNG,

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,780, dated June 3,1884.

' Application filed October 11, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.- Be it known that 1, JOHN FISHER HAMIL-TON, of Medfield, in the county of Norfolk, of the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mechanismfor Simultaneously Sewing to a Hat its Band and Lining; andI do herebydeclare the same to be described in the following specification andrepresented in the accompanying drawings, of which-- Figure 1 is a sideelevation showing in section the hat, band, and lining, these being onthe line :0 00, Fig. 2, and Fig. 2, a front end view of a WVillcox &Gibbs sewing-machine provided with my invention, the nature of which isdefined in the claims hereinafter presented. Fig. 3 is a top view, andFig. 4 is an edge elevation, of the hat and liningguides, to bedescribed. Fig. 5 is a top view, and Fig. 6 anend elevation, of theband-guide and the presser. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 8a transverse section, of the lining-guide. Fig. 9 represents aperspective View of a machine provided with my invention, and'shows thevarious parts of a hat in position tobe sewed together, A being thecrown of the hat, B the brim, O the band, and

D the lining.

My invention is for the purpose of sewing to the body of a hat at oneand the same time by a sewingmachine both the sweat-lining and thehat-band, the stitches produced by the machine going successivelythrough the hat, the band, and lining.

The sewing-machine Ais shown in the drawings as provided with an archedbed or plate,

a, for the body of the hat to rest on, besides which it has a flatupright or plate, 1), against which the hat-rim rests while the hat, thelining, and the band are being stitched together. The arched bed orplate a projects some distance in front as well as some distance in rearof the presser c of the machine, in order for the said bed-plate toextend within the hatbody, and the latter .to properly rest on theplate, the brim at the same time "being extended upward in rear of andagainst the bearing b, and between it and the adjustable rim-guide B,arranged as shown.

The rim-guide Bis in two parts, 0 and d, which are rule-jointedtogether, in order that the-front part, of T-form, may be turned from ahorizontal up into a vertical position, or vice versa. A turn-button, e,pivoted to the rear part, d, serves,when turned over upon the part c, topreserve it in range with the part (1. This latter part (1 has a slot,f, arranged in it lengthwise of it to receive a clampscrew, g,which goesdown through the slot and screws into the frame of the machine. To anarm, h, extending from the said part (I, the 1ining-guide O is fastenedby a screw, h, and nut i, such guide being adapted to the arm so as "tobe movable therein lengthwise of the guide. The screw h and nut i serveto clamp the guide to the arm. This guide, as shown, is composed of twobars, k and Z, connected together at their front ends, one bar beingarranged over the other, with a space between them for the lining topass through. The screw h extends upward from the lower of such bars,and through a slot, m, made in the arm. The nut, on being screweddownward, can be made to press the upper bar against the arm, and aid inclamping. the guide to the arm.

The presser c sustains the band-guide ,D, which is provided with adovetailed tongue, 0, to extend into a corresponding groove formed inthe presser. This band-guide consists not only of a bar, 1), from whichthe tongue 0 eX- tends at right angles with it, but of a rectangularframe, q, between whose horizontal bars the bar 12 is arranged, thevertical bars of such the lining-guide or between its two bars, and,with. the hat-body and the band, will be simultaneously andintermittently moved by frame going up through the bar 1) loosely andthe feeder of the sewing'maehine, in order for the needle and looper toproperly act in prol i i lllOCllillllSlllbf a hatsewing machine, thebrinr guide provided with the shank h, having the slot on therein, thelining-guide composed of the two bars 7.: I, connected together at theirouter ends, and adapted at their inner ends to receive the shank 7Lbetween them, the screwbolt h, passing from the barl through the slot mand bar It, and the nut '1, whereby the lining-guide is renderedlaterally adjustable upon the brinrguide as set forth.

JOHN FISHER HAMILTON.

\Vitnesses:

R. H. EDDY, E. 1;. lnyr'r.

